The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1887-08-12
MARI Deposits in Prince Georges.

The Baltimore San of Tuesday says:
Senator Evalts is thought to have made
all excellent investment when he purchased
:, number of Mary lands broad acres i'll Prince
Georges county. Ii transpires that his recent
acquisition is in the heart of section rich in
mari deposits. Prof. Cook, o. the Howard
University has Just returned from a visit to
the farms along Piscataway creek, where he
was sent by the geological survey to establish
the lines of the green sand beds which also
abound in that section. The professor speaks
enthusiastically of the result of his researches
He found green sand in large quantities at
The Hodges farm, which is situated about two
miles north of Marlborough. "The most ill.,
teresting discover; | made, however, said he,
Twas the presence of extensive mari deposits
covering the territory from Marlborough down
to Fort Washington, in a northeast sol. tn vest
direction, and as far west, running in same
direction, as Fort Foote. l found this rich
fertilizer in great quantities on the farms OF
Daniel X. Dyer, Benson Townsend and James
Murray at Thrift, and on the elliott, Hatten
and Cole farms and on the Fort Washington
government reservation along Piscataway
creek. On the Dyer farm it crops right out
OH the surface, that no effort to fertiliza the
soil is required. I he farmer simply plows
thu ough rich mari, and his crops are OF the
most healthy kind. On the elliott farm 1t
also lies on the SUFFICE i'll great quantities and
extends to a great depth. OF course the quail
l.
certained by scientific analysis. | brought
number of samples TO the city with me, and
they are now being subjected to an analysis
by Prof. CLARK, of the survey. If it should
prove to be good for fertilizng purposes. it
exists in such quantities tina. it will be profit
able to work it and place it on the market.
The locality is within easy reach OF the water
way, and in fact nature has given every lacili-
" for distributing this soil RE- uyenatnr among
the exhausted farms of the country. From
my observation should say that the mari in
Prince Georges county is of the proper kind
for fertlizing purposes. 1t seems to contain
a large percentage OF carbonate of lime and
phosphorus, which are the liyening properties
of fertilizers. The mari beds of Mary land
will rival those OF New Jersey, which have
proved Il source of wealth TO The inhabitants
Of that :. ate aud made her farms the garden
spots Of Tie n!utry The Maryland mari
beds have one advantage over those OF New
jersey. The deposit III Prince Georges coun-
ty is On the suffice, and will therefore not re-.
9ure mining, is the i'll New Jersey
| did not search very carefully for mari on
Senator EVartss place. but have 10 doubt that
it exists There, but under the soil. | shall
give his farm IA more careful survey when
return to continue my researches. | will 90
back tomorrow, think, aud push my way
nouhwari as far as Bowie ! do not wish To
forget the large deposits of shells i'll state Of
disintegratinn which found among the mari,
showing that il is doubtless of good quality
| found sLali.s teeth, bones and shells of all
descriptions